NewTalk, Inc. : Board of Directors

Bruce W. Nash, Chief Executive Officer & Board Chairman

Mr. Nash is an experienced senior level executive and Business Professional with more than 20 years of experience in Management, Sales, Strategic Planning and Contract Negotiations. He has been responsible for Business Development, Project Implementation Management, and consulting projects with many top fortune 500 companies and start-up companies, including IBM, Raychem/Tyco, Kaiser, Syntex, Tivo, Sprint, Hewlett Packard, Excite@Home, Visa, and Sony.

Prior to NextWire Systems Mr. Nash served as President of Quality Apex, a software development and testing company. He also served as President of BES and Vice President of Sales and Operations for Software Advanced Technologies, a company specializing in test plan engineering, automated and manual software testing, and software security analysis. Mr. Nash worked closely with the management team as an executive and board member to drive the company's strategic direction and to ensure that product and service offerings continued to be aligned with current and future customer needs. Outside of the business community Mr. Nash was President and co-founder of Hayman Preparatory School where he developed a systematic approach to assisting students in their academic pursuit of higher education. Mr. Nash holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Morgan State University, Maryland and is pursuing his MBA from Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont CA.

Roy L. Clay, Sr.
Roy L. Clay, Sr. was a key figure in the development of Silicon Valley. Mr. Clay was inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Council's Hall of Fame in 2003. As a Hall of Fame inductee, Mr. Clay joins such notables as Bill Hewlett and David Packard, founders of Hewlett-Packard Company; Robert Noyce, inventor of the 8080 microchip and founder of Intel Corporation; and John L. Hennessy, President of Stanford University.

In the early 1970's, at the outset of Silicon Valley as we know it today, the premier venture capital firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers selected Mr. Clay as the computer consultant for prospective investments in start up companies such as Tandem Computers, Compaq and Intel Corporation.

Mr. Clay was a key figure in the development of Hewlett-Packard's computer divisions. Mr. Clay led the team that engineered HP's entrance into the computer market with the development of the 2116A computer in 1966. Not only was Mr. Clay the Director for the first HP Research and Development Computer Group, he also developed the software for the 2116A computer. Mr. Clay was General Manager of the computer divisions following Tom Perkins, co-founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Today, Mr. Clay is CEO of ROD-L Electronics, the world leader in electrical safety testing equipment, which he founded in 1977. ROD-L set the industry standard in electrical product safety testing by producing the world's first Safety Certified (i.e. Underwriters Laboratories Listed) Dielectric Withstand (Hipot) and Ground Continuity Testers. ROD-L has received the Consumer Product Safety Award for developing the safest product of its kind and its products are used by the leading manufacturers of electrical and electronics equipment worldwide. Mr. Clay has a B.S. in Mathematics from St. Louis University.

Craig A. Robinson, Chief Operating Officer & Founder

During his 20-year career, Mr. Robinson has established himself as a visionary, strategist, and leader in operations, information technology and R&D. His broad range of experience includes business startup and acquisition, corporate and division P&L leadership, advanced technology integration, and marketing.

Prior to NextWire Systems, Mr. Robinson sequentially held several vice president positions at Symantec Corporation, including Vice President of Managed Security Services, Vice President of Solution Delivery, and Vice President of Product Marketing. Previously, he was COO and CTO of META Security Group, and co-founder and COO of Secure Network Consulting, Incorporated (acquired during his tenure as a subsidiary of AXENT Technologies and, subsequently, the professional services arm of Symantec). Mr. Robinson also has held senior-level executive positions as President of Commercial Operations and, previously, CIO of Trident Data Systems (since acquired by General Dynamics). In addition to these senior executive roles he has over five years of experience as a military systems analyst responsible for defining, developing, and evaluating concepts for advanced high-technology systems, including delivery of prototypes. He is co-author of the reference Secure Internet Practices (Auerbach Publications). Mr. Robinson earned a Master’s degree in Engineering Mechanics from Stanford University. He also has a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford.